Victoria Lilley
English Language
Coursework A2 level
Spoken text- This is England script (Combo stands and speaks to the whole group who are all sat down on the floor or chairs) Combo: I bet youse all thought I was a right orrible orrible orrible little bastard the other day didnt youse Woody: a little bit Combo: a bit? Tell the truth man, I was fucking horrible wasnt I? Woody: you were a bit of a bastard Combo: yeah yeah well you were a snake You were a fucking serpent from the Bible wont ya. Dya wanna know why Wood? Yeah do you want me to tell you why? Yeah? Coz you see that man there? (points to Milky). That man there took abuse off me and I said some orrible things and im fucking sorry. You let me abuse him, and what did you do? What did you do Wood? Woody: I didnt do/ Combo: / sorry mate cant hear you Woody: (louder) I didnt do nothing Combo: Exactly he didnt do nothing He didnt do fuck all Neither did any of youse Not one of you'se fucking stood up and made yourselves count for that man there And that was fucking wrong Milk? Honest to God Im really glad you came here today, and I mean that mate I really mean that, coz Ive got one question to ask you, just one question and now when youve heard it, if you wanna leave you can leave by all means thats fine by me but Ive got one question to ask you, and thats do you consider yourself English? Or Or Jamaican? ( 5 ) Milky: English Combo: thanks, love you for that, thats fucking great, a proud man (to Woody) learn from him thats a proud man there, And thats what we need man,
Victoria Lilley
English Language
Coursework A2 level
Thats what this nation has been built on, proud men, proud fucking warriors, and (raises voice) Two thousand years this little tiny fucking island has been raped and pillaged by people who have come here and wanted a piece of it, Two fucking world wars? Men have laid down theres lives for this, for this and for what? So we can stick our fucking flag in the ground and say yeah this is England (points to the ground) and this is England (points to his heart) and this is England (points to his head) And what for? For what now? Eh? What for? So we can just open the fuckin flood gates and let them all come in and say (sarcastically)yeah come on, come in, get off your ship did you have a safe journey?, was it hard? Was it? Yeah heres a corner, why dont ye build a shop? Better still why dont you build a shop and then build a church? Follow your own fucking religions, do what you want? (Sarcasm fades) when there are single fucking parents out there, who cant get a fucking flat and there being given to these, and Im gonna say it people, Im gonna say it because your gonna have to fucking hear it, Were giving the flats to these fucking Pakis, right? Whove got fifty and sixty in a fucking flat on there own, right? Were giving that to them, Theres three and a half million unemployed out there, Three and a half million of us who cant find fucking work coz their taking them all, Coz its fucking cheap labour, Cheap and easy labour, Fucking cheap and easy, And it makes us cheap and easy, Three and a half million, its not a joke, its not a fucking joke, And that Thatcher sits there in her fucking ivory tower and sends us on a fucking phoney war, The Falklands?
Victoria Lilley
English Language
Coursework A2 level
Fucking Falklands What the fucks the Falklands? Fucking innocent men, good fucking strong men, Good soldiers, real people, losing their lives, going over there thinking their fighting for a cause, And what are they fighting for? What are they fighting against? Fucking shepherds Fucking shepherds with fucking/ Shaun: /shut up about the Falklands! Combo: Why? Shaun: Coz I want you to Combo: theres fucking loadsa dickheads dying out there for nothing Shaun: My fucking Dad wasnt a dickhead! (Starts fighting Combo) Combo: what the fuck are you doing you little/ Shaun: fuck off Combo: eh? What am I doing? Hold it little one, whats wrong mate? Tell me the truth; no come on tell me the truth Shaun: Ive just fucking/ Combo: / right Shaun: my fucking dad died in that war Combo: your dad died? Yeah mate Im sorry Shaun: fucking shut up about it Combo: Im sorry mate, fucking hell Im sorry lad, Im sorry I never knew he died man, fucking hell, sorry mate I mean if Id known honestly I would have said man but I, what Im telling you is the truth, I cant lie to ya, Its a pathetic war man, And you want your dads life to mean something dont ya, And this breaks my heart to say it, We shouldna been there,
Victoria Lilley
English Language
Coursework A2 level
She lied to us, She lied to me, She lied to you, But most importantly she lied to your dad, And if you dont stand up and fight this fucking fight that's going on in the streets man, Your dad died for noin He died for noin Youve gotta carry it on man, In here (points to Shauns heart) Youre little fucking heart Youve got the pride of your dad man, Pfft, (Talking to the whole group now) Fucking hell That little fucking whippersnapper has set the standard Can you believe that Banj Banjo (his right hand man): you cant Combo: fucking hell, what a gem, what a fucking gem Right look (spits on the floor and uses his shoe to form make it into a line) Theres the line boys That means your all quite welcome to just leave, But leave now and never come back, but thats it, the end of it, But if you wanna stay, this is a proper fight, So youse either cross that line and go your merry little way, Or youse stay were youse are, And youse come with me, Choice is yours boys.
Victoria Lilley
English Language
Coursework A2 level
